Method and Apparatus to Control Media Transfer Protocol Device to Manage Media File

1. A method of a media transfer protocol (MTP) device to manage a media file transmitted by an MTP host, the method comprising: generating a second folder when the number of files stored in a first folder assigned as a parent object of the media file in a file system of the MTP device by the MTP host is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value; storing the media file in the generated second folder; and registering the first folder as the parent object of the media file in a database of the MTP device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second folder is a sub-folder of the first folder.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second folders have the same folder depth.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: setting the threshold value according to a user input.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to contain computer-readable codes as a program to execute a method of a media transfer protocol (MTP) device to manage a media file transmitted by an MTP host, the method comprising: generating a second folder when the number of files stored in a first folder assigned as a parent object of the media file in a file system of the MTP device by the MTP host is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value; storing the media file in the generated second folder; and registering the first folder as the parent object of the media file in a database of the MTP device.

6. An apparatus to control an MTP device to manage a media file transmitted by an MTP host, the apparatus comprising: a controller to generate a second folder when the number of files in a first folder assigned as a parent object of the media file in a file system of the MTP device by the MTP host is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, and to store the media file in the generated second folder; and a DB manager to register the first folder as the parent object of the media file in a database of the MTP device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second folder is a sub-folder of the first folder.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first and second folders have the same folder depth.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a setter, which sets the threshold value according to a user input.